Fragile and conflict affected situations - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 17.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 32.55 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.37 in 2020.

Definition: People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

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Year Value
2000 32.55
2001 31.95
2002 31.30
2003 30.58
2004 29.87
2005 28.14
2006 27.33
2007 26.55
2008 25.50
2009 24.68
2010 23.87
2011 23.69
2012 22.89
2013 22.09
2014 21.30
2015 20.50
2016 19.71
2017 19.21
2018 18.52
2019 17.84
2020 17.37

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors